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1.
Chopper One (1974)
Episode:
The Hijacking
(1974)
Crime, Drama
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Jim McMullan, Dirk Benedict, Darleen Carr, Lou Frizzell
Votes: 15
2.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
The Hell Machine
(1965)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
When their jeep hits a land mine, Saunders, a tank captain, and private Gavin attempt to maneuver an abandoned German tank through enemy territory.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Frank Gorshin, Lou Robb
Votes: 94
3.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
The Duel
(1964)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
Sgt. Saunders tries to harass a Nazi tank with small arms fire before it discovers a GI trying fix a large supply truck.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Bobby Rydell, Hans Difflipp
Votes: 115
4.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
What Are the Bugles Blowin' For?: Part 2
(1964)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
A British captain refuses Allied orders to retreat, delivered by Sgt. Saunders. Instead, Capt. Johns commands Sgt. Saunders' battle-fatigued U.S. squad to dig in at the besieged railhead ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Ronald Howard, Jack Hogan
Votes: 93
5.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
S.I.W.
(1965)
Action, Drama, War
An already-controversial replacement adds to his reputation for cowardice by turning up with an apparent Self-Inflicted Wound.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, John Cassavetes, Jack Hogan
Votes: 108
6.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
The Raider
(1965)
Action, Drama, War
Hanley is captured by a brutal SS officer, Captain Reichhardt.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Martin E. Brooks, Jack Hogan
Votes: 94
7.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
What Are the Bugles Blowin' For?: Part 1
(1964)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
A British unit holding a depot doesn't know that Allied units around them are retreating from a Nazi offensive, because the Brits' radio is broken. Sgt. Saunders' squad can't join the ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Ronald Howard, Jack Hogan
Votes: 100
8.
The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode:
Ride a Dark Trail
(1963)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
The Virginian, trying to calm a rampaging boy, shares the story of Trampas' gambling father who reformed. That father tried to reform Trampas before Garth was forced to kill him in self-defense, setting Trampas on a quest for vengeance.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Gary Clarke, James Drury
Votes: 120
9.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
Gideon's Army
(1963)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
Saunders' squad happens upon a Nazi concentration camp, occupied only by a few starving Poles. SS overseers killed most prisoners, then fled with the strongest inmates, but in their hurry ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Milton Selzer, Jack Hogan
Votes: 95
10.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
Heritage
(1965)
Action, Drama, War
To clear the way for 5000 troops through a dangerous mountain pass, Hanley must blow up a German observation post. To succeed this time, a cocky sculptor who's now a demolition man is added... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Charles Bronson, Jack Hogan
Votes: 96
11.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
Masquerade
(1963)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
Sgt. Saunders suspects a GI corporal and lieutenant, with a Nazi colonel in custody, are really impostors who want to sabotage command. But Saunders isn't believed by Lt. Hanley.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, James Coburn, Jack Hogan
Votes: 115
12.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
Operation Fly Trap
(1964)
Action, Drama, War
A German captain warns Saunders that "a reckless hunter who sets a trap often becomes its first victim" when Saunders uses him as bait to attract a deadly Nazi Colonel. The infantry NCO ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Gary Lockwood, Conlan Carter
Votes: 80
13.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
The Enemy
(1965)
Action, Drama, War
Lt. Hanley comes across three German soldiers in a deserted French town. Two are killed and he captures the third...a demolition expert. He tells Hanley that the entire town is mined and ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Robert Duvall, Michael Corhan
Votes: 96
14.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
The Long Wait
(1965)
Action, Drama, War
After opening the episode with a short firefight in a French village, Saunders' squad is in a GI 2 ½ ton truck along with four GIs in need of surgery and a load of ammo needed for the front... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Terry Carter, Jack Hogan
Votes: 92
15.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
Idylls of a Running Back
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Pro football star shot by younger woman when he opens his hotel room door. The press assumes Elvin "Colossus of" Rhodes was cheating on his wife, but Rhodes insists he doesn't even know the... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Nancy Malone
Votes: 72
16.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
The Farmer
(1965)
Action, Drama, War
Iowa-bred Private Noah is troubled when the squad forcibly evacuates a French farm family.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Dennis Weaver, Jack Hogan
Votes: 93
17.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Big Train: Part 2
(1961)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ness and the Untouchables search for the rendezvous point where Underworld figures will free Capone from the Alcatraz express.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Robert Stack, James Westerfield, Neville Brand, Walter Winchell
Votes: 71
18. Combat! (1962–1967)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
Combat!, a one-hour World War II drama series, followed a front line American infantry squad as they battled their way across Europe
Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Pierre Jalbert, Jack Hogan
Votes: 3,141
19.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
Counter-Punch
(1964)
Action, Drama, War
Chaos ensues as the Germans make a breakthrough, and all rear-echelon troops are ordered to get their weapons. Never able to form up into any sort of fighting force, they become stragglers ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Steve Gravers, Malachi Throne
Votes: 94
20.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
Evasion
(1965)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
Dressed in an Albanian uniform, Hanley escapes from a German prison camp.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Lloyd Bochner, Monique LeMaire
Votes: 94
21.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
The Mockingbird
(1966)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
Lt. Hanley, Caje, Kirby, and Pvt. Banning are sent behind German lines to find an American intelligence officer, Capt. Thorpe, who has important intelligence to get back to American G2. A ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Jeremy Slate, Jack Hogan
Votes: 77
22.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
The Steeple
(1965)
Action, Drama, War
Saunders, Caje, and Kirby are on a night mission moving through an abandoned French village when they notice an American paratrooper hanging from the church steeple in his entangled ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert
Votes: 79
23.
Garrison's Gorillas (1967–1968)
Episode:
The Frame-Up
(1968)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Chief is wounded on a mission and has to sit out the teams next caper. A female con artist nicknamed The Dutchess joins them in a con at a casino. The object is to discredit a German general.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Ron Harper, Cesare Danova, Brendon Boone, Christopher Cary
Votes: 12
24.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Jamaica Ginger Story
(1961)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kansas City boss Torrez runs a lucrative trade in deadly "Jamaica Ginger". When rivals try to move in on his operation, Torrez hires hit-men, but complications arise when one of the killers falls in love.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Robert Stack, Michael Ansara, James Coburn, Alfred Ryder
Votes: 96
25. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Votes: 11,809
26. The Rifleman (1958–1963)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
The adventures of a Wild West rancher, wielding a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, and his son.
Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Joe Benson
Votes: 5,002
27. Alcatraz Express (1960 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Robert Stack, Neville Brand, Paul Bruce, Richard Carlyle
Votes: 40
28.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
Edge of the Web
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mannix must find and learn the truth, when a former college student's accused of killing his former anthropology professor.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, James A. Watson Jr., Joshua Bryant
Votes: 93
29.
Switch (1975–1978)
Episode:
The Case of the Purloined Case
(1976)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Pete and Mac become involved in the search for a missing briefcase with something of value inside, something that a disparate cast of characters is also after and quite possibly willing to kill for.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Charlie Callas, Sharon Gless
Votes: 15
30. Naked City (1958–1963)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.
Stars: Harry Bellaver, Horace McMahon, Paul Burke, Nancy Malone
Votes: 1,431
31. Adventures in Paradise (1959–1962)
60 min | Adventure
The adventures of the Tiki III and crew as they sailed from island to island through the South Pacific, carrying cargo and the odd passenger from one drama to another.
Stars: Gardner McKay, James Holden, Lani Kai, Guy Stockwell
Votes: 403
32. Law of the Plainsman (1959–1960)
30 min | Western
Sam Buckhart, an Apache, rescues a Cavalry officer who later funds his Harvard education. Buckhart becomes a Deputy Marshal in New Mexico under Marshal Morrison. He boards with Martha Commager and had earlier saved orphan Tess Logan.
Stars: Michael Ansara, Gina Gillespie, Dayton Lummis, Nora Marlowe
Votes: 102
33.
Bronk (1975–1976)
Episode:
Crackback
(1975)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Jack Palance, Henry Beckman, Tony King, Joseph Mascolo
Votes: 9
34.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
A Distant Drum
(1963)
Action, Drama, War
A wounded Lt. Hanley is pursued by a squad of Germans, and takes refuge in a French farmhouse at great peril to the mother and daughter living there.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Denise Darcel, Jack Hogan
Votes: 96
35.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
Beneath the Ashes
(1965)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
Lt. Hanley receives a letter from the friend of the wife of one of his men, Steve Kovac [Chad Everett], advising that Kovac's wife is in hospital and dying. Unfortunately Kovac is on a ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Chad Everett, Jack Hogan
Votes: 79
36.
The Rifleman (1958–1963)
Episode:
A Case of Identity
(1960)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
In their search for a wealthy man's long-lost son, private detectives arrive in North Fork. Upon seeing Mark, they decide that since they can't find the real boy and their client has never actually seen his son, Mark will suffice.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Chris Alcaide
Votes: 135
37.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Big Train: Part 1
(1961)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion, he's sentenced to 11 years and sent to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. Capone's farewell is something normally reserved for more honest ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Robert Stack, Bruce Gordon, Neville Brand, Paul Picerni
Votes: 69
38.
Switch (1975–1978)
Episode:
Through the Past Deadly
(1975)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A bomb is planted in Ryan's car and he is injured. Mac tries to find the one who planted the bomb and starts by looking for the one who sold the explosive used. He finds the seller dead and... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Charlie Callas, Sharon Gless
Votes: 15
39. M Squad (1957–1960)
Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The hard-hitting adventures of tough Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the Chicago Police Department's M Squad, an elite crime-fighting unit.
Stars: Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gail Kobe, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 387
40. Hong Kong (1960–1961)
60 min | Adventure
Glenn Evans, a two-fisted journalist in Hong Kong, follows up stories involving smugglers, spies, murderers, and beautiful women in distress, with the help of his friend Chief Inspector Neil Campbell.
Stars: Rod Taylor, Lloyd Bochner, Jack Kruschen, Gerald Jann
Votes: 180
41.
Black Sheep Squadron (1976–1978)
Episode:
The Meatball Circus
(1976)
Not Rated | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The navy whisks Boyington and other squadron leaders away and tells them to pick five men for a top secret mission where five men from each will have fly until out of gas and ditch in the ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Robert Conrad, Simon Oakland, Dana Elcar, James Whitmore Jr.
Votes: 95
42.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
A Walk with an Eagle
(1965)
Action, Drama, War
Hanley, leads some squad members to recover a flying ace when he is shot down behind enemy territory.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Lee Philips, Conlan Carter
Votes: 87
43.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
The Little Jewel
(1963)
Action, Drama, War
Saunders' squad encounters a hungry French orphan gobbling rotted food in a bombed-out village. As PFC Caje doles K-rations to the boy Bijou (which means Little Jewel), the orphan swipes ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert
Votes: 101
44.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Difficult Detour
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mallory Construction Co. is set to finish a road project on time and at a profit when Mallory learns he has trespassed, forcing a shutdown and bankruptcy. After learning he was swindled, Mallory goes after the swindler, who is murdered.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 297
45.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Waxey Gordon Story
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Waxey Gordon is known as the beer baron of New York and he decides that the time has come to expand his territory. He sets his sights on the New Jersey side of the river and successfully ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Robert Stack, Frank DeKova, Nehemiah Persoff, Paul Picerni
Votes: 92
46. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Stars: Robert Stack, Walter Winchell, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni
Votes: 3,075
47. Wide Country (1962–1963)
60 min | Drama, Sport, Western
Mitch Guthrie is a champion bronco rider in the rodeo who tries to keep his kid brother, Andy, from pursuing the same life.
Stars: Earl Holliman, Andrew Prine, Slim Pickens, Ray Teal
Votes: 94
48. G.E. True (1962–1963)
30 min | Adventure, Drama
Episodes based on stories from "True" magazine.
Stars: Jack Webb, Felix Reinsch, Kurt Kreuger, Charles H. Radilak
Votes: 35
49. Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha (1965 TV Movie)
33 min | Western
Adventurer Diamond Jim Brady is hired by Enwright, a railroad company president, to ramrod his track through to a silver boomtown in Colorado by the required date. If Brady succeeds the ... See full summary »
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Dale Robertson, Walter Burke, Jeff York, Robert Emhardt
Votes: 13
50.
The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963)
Episode:
The Sea Witch
(1962)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
When Cleo kills her husband on board ship, a mutiny seems likely.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Dick Powell, Carolyn Jones, Harry Guardino, John Ericson
Votes: 10